As always the issue with privatized social services is that the goal is to make money, not to provide a service so the incentives are fundamentally misaligned. For-profit care providers make money when the fail to provide care. When they fail to cover procedures. When they can substitute lower-quality or less effective goods and services. When they can sell you catastrophic cover with deductibles and co-pays too high for you to actually afford to use it - the way a gym membership makes money selling subscriptions they know you won't use.
This is by definition an improvement over what America has, so I welcome it. That doesn't change the fact it's an umbrella in a hurricane, so it's really not that interesting.
Socializing the whole thing is significantly better. Remember America already has socialized medicine for 40% of the population. It is long past time to up that to 100%.
This is by definition an improvement over what America has, so I welcome it. That doesn't change the fact it's an umbrella in a hurricane, so it's really not that interesting.
Socializing the whole thing is significantly better. Remember America already has socialized medicine for 40% of the population. It is long past time to up that to 100%.